Definition of "early-blooming" [early-blooming]

• Of plants that bloom during the spring (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Scarlet O'Hara, an early-blooming herbaceous peony"
• "This week I was thrilled to see a dingy skipper butterfly fluttering among some early-blooming heather, and a red squirrel watching me from an old oak tree."
• "Abby plucked a few dried blooms from the early-blooming perennials and crushed the spent petals in the palm of her hand."